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Liroceras karaouii

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Liroceras karaouii was named by Korn and Klug (2023). Its type specimen is PIMUZ 39515, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is East and south-east of Rissani, which is in an Asbian marine horizon in the Mougoui Ayoun Formation of Morocco.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Liroceras karaouii Korn and Klug p. 180 fig. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyLiroceratidae
genusLiroceras
specieskaraouii

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Liroceras karaouii Korn and Klug 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height121.5
shell diameter145.9
shell inflation111.4

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Asbian or 340.00000 to 336.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Morocco Liroceras karaouii (type locality: 231792)